From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 19:45:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22D610656C0 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from OttK@zzz.ee) Received: from zzz.ee (kalah.zzz.ee [194.204.30.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AAA8FC1C for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from OttK@zzz.ee) Received: from zzz.ee (localhost.zzz.ee [127.0.0.1]) by zzz.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC103FD806; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:45:45 +0300 (EEST) Received: by zzz.ee (Postfix, from userid 3019) id B9F6FFD7FE; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:45:45 +0300 (EEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin on spamassassin.zzz.ee X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Guessed-Language: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-URL: http://info.zzz.ee Received: from [192.168.1.3] (87-119-181-26.tll.elisa.ee [87.119.181.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by zzz.ee (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91839FD7C2; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:45:42 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <4A355366.9040804@zzz.ee> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:45:42 +0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ott_K=F6stner?= Organization: TIGMA AS User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090406) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Hartkemeyer References: <4096aedd0906140558x5ad1b562h2c43a0b36051a40e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4096aedd0906140558x5ad1b562h2c43a0b36051a40e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060209060104030900090300" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP @zzz.ee X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is the best way to remove a program? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:45:47 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060209060104030900090300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark Hartkemeyer wrote: > I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the > install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already > installed. I simply ran a "cd" and then a "make deinstall" in the > mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a > program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus > prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the > past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not > actually remove the program. > In this case, pkg_delete should do the work for you. with best regards, Ott --------------060209060104030900090300--